Volume 64 No. 3 “And Ye Shall Know The Truth...” October 28, 2020 VVoteote AAss IIff YYourour LLifeife DDependsepends OOnn IIt!t! But I came to admire Joe as a man who has learned early on to treat everybody he meets with dignity and re- spect, living by the words his parents taught him, no one’s better than you Joe, but you’re better than nobody. And that empathy, that decency, that belief that everybody counts, that’s who Joe is. That’s who he’ll be. And I can tell you the presidency doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are. And Joe has shown himself to be a friend of working people. For eight years, Joe was the last one in the room when I faced a big deci- sion. He made me a better president and he’s got the character and experience to make us a better country. 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He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to whitewash our history—and deny the daily reality of being Black in America. He ac- \- [ voted for him. By Joe Biden There is injustice in America. There is discrimination. There is a legacy of racism and inequality that lives still in our institutions, our laws, and in too many people’s hearts that makes it harder for Black people to succeed. These are facts in the United States of America in 2020, and we must all do more to move our nation closer to the ideals inlaid at our founding—that all women and men are created equal. This year has also brought us too many examples of the dangers Black people can face in the course of going about their lives. With grieving hearts, we learned to say the names of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and many more. I’ve spent time with the families of George Floyd and Jacob Blake, sharing their grief and anger and seeing the incredible resilience of communities that for too long have had a knee on their neck. And I was inspired by their commitment to turn their pain into purpose. Today, there are Americans all across this country, especially Black Americans, who are exhausted and hurting. Who are disappointed by a It’s the polar opposite of what I will do as president. I was proud to system that never seems to deliver for your communities. Who are sick and serve for eight years alongside President Obama. I watched up close how tired of a cycle where, in good times, Black communities lag behind, in bad \\$$%+- \$ gether with Senator Kamala Harris as my vice president, we will restore to bounce back. honor, integrity, and competence to the White House. We’re in the midst of four simultaneous crises—a pandemic that has We will build an administration that looks like America, including nomi- claimed more than 200,000 lives, a disproportionate number of whom were \$=%/ Black; an economic crash that has hit Black workers and Black business owners especially hard; a long overdue reckoning on racial justice; and a We will work to unite the country around solutions that will push our climate crisis that is already hurting Black and Brown communities the country forward, and most importantly, I will listen to those impacted by most. the long-standing inequities in our system—especially Black Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. It is our job to do everything in our power to rip out systemic racism across our society, root and branch. It will be hard work in any case. But we *S$/- will not succeed without a leader who understands our history and is ready 7$%$$$%%\- to grapple with our challenges. cial stability. Building wealth for families of color and passing it down. /$%%$ President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s build real equity in our society, and it’s going to require a full-court press. issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission de- That’s what my Lift Every Voice plan is—a comprehensive agenda to take signed to whitewash our history—and deny the daily reality of being Black on the range of issues that drive inequality in Black America. +$$%%%$] $$\%- S$/B- litically. 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